Perfect Self is the debut album by hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Stereomud

Stereomud

Stereomud was an alternative metal band from New York/Georgia. They were active from years 2001 to 2003 before breaking up, releasing two albums - Perfect Self and Every Given Moment.-History:...

. It was released on May 22, 2001 through Loud Records

Loud Records

Loud Records is a subsidiary of SRC Records founded by Steve Rifkind in 1992.Loud was a hip hop label which has released material by acts such as Wu-Tang Clan, Big Punisher, Mobb Deep, Krayzie Bone, The Beatnuts, M.O.P., Tha Alkaholiks, Pete Rock, Lil' Flip, Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Xzibit,...

 and was manufactured via Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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. The album met with moderate commercial success, with its two singles "Pain", and "Steppin Away", both of which featured their own music videos.

Musically, the album can be described as a hard rock with metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 influences, similar in style to that of Sevendust

Sevendust

Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...

 (bassist Corey Lowery is younger brother to Clint Lowery

Clint Lowery

Clint Lowery is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Sevendust. He has also played in Dark New Day and Still Rain and served as the touring guitarist for Korn through most of 2007....

 of Sevendust, and Dark New Day

Dark New Day

Dark New Day is an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2004 featuring Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Corey Lowery of Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape...

). The albums sound varies from rock, and metal based songs, as vocalist Erik Rogers also varies between clean tone singing and the traditional screaming found in metal music. The album is listed as having a total of twenty-three tracks on it (which was a "lucky" number for Lowery) however, ten of these tracks are listed as "[untitled track]". These tracks are small electronica based interludes that are variations of the final track "Perfect Self", which is a blend of acoustic and electronica.

Track listing

1. "Intro" - 0:32
2. "Leave (Back Up)" - 3:33
3. "Don't Be Afraid" - 3:18
4. "Interlude #1" - 0:12
5. "Old Man" - 3:19
6. "Pain" - 3:37
7. "Steppin Away" - 3:22
8. "How We Stand" - 2:45
9. "Interlude #2" - 0:15
10. "Down From Here" - 3:10
11. "Sunlight" - 4:05
12. "Lost Your Faith" - 2:31
13. "Get Me Out" - 3:01
14. "What" - 3:06
15. "Interlude #3" - 0:26
16. "Closer Now" - 3:05
17. "Interlude #4" - 0:04
18. "Interlude #5" - 0:04
19. "Interlude #6" - 0:04
20. "Interlude #7" - 0:04
21. "Interlude #8" - 0:04
22. "Interlude #9" - 0:04
23. "Perfect Self" - 3:56

Credits

• Erik Rogers
  Erik Rogers
  Erik Rogers is the current lead singer of hard rock band Dangerous New Machine and was the singer of the now defunct hard rock band Stereomud. After the demise of Stereomud, Rogers fronted a short-lived band called Soundevice, and then fronted Love Said No with Soulfly/Primer 55 bassist Bobby...
  
   - Vocals
• Corey Lowery
  Corey Lowery
  Corey Lowery is a hard rock bassist and vocalist, previously of the bands Still Rain, Stuck Mojo, Switched and Stereomud. Lowery currently plays bass and provides backing vocals in the band Eye Empire. Eye Empire was previously known as Violent Plan. Before Violent Plan, Corey was playing with...
  
   - Bass, Vocals
• Joey Zampella - Guitar
• John Fattoruso - Guitar
• Dan Richardson - Drums
• Produced by Don Gilmor, Rick Parashar
  Rick Parashar
  Rick Parashar is a music producer who came to prominence in the early 1990s through his work with grunge bands such as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Blind Melon. Parashar co-founded London Bridge Studio with his brother, Raj...
  
  , and Howie Beno
  Howie Beno
  Howie Beno is a recording engineer and producer who has worked with a wide range of artists in various genres, including Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, and a long series of rock and industrial bands, including Ministry.- Chicago :...
  
  
• Co-Produced by Corey Lowrey
• Mixed by Jay Baumgardner
  Jay Baumgardner
  Jay Baumgardner is an American record producer, engineer and mixer. He has worked on albums by Ugly Kid Joe, Helmet, Papa Roach, Endwell, Coal Chamber, Godsmack, Three Days Grace, New Found Glory, Spineshank, Alien Ant Farm and Orgy....
  
  
• All interludes by Howie Beno
• Executive Producer John B. Davis
• A&R Administration Tra Fraizer and Racquel Boothe
• Artwork by Dave Bett, and Joey Zampella
• Photography by Daniel Hastings
• Digital Imaging by Sanches Stanfield
• "Perfect Self" written by C. Lowery, E. Rogers, D. Richardson, J. Zampella, J. Fattoruso

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2001	The Billboard 200	142

Singles

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Year	Single	Chart Title	Chart Position
2001	"Pain"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
2001	"Pain"	Modern Rock Tracks	34
2001	"Steppin Away"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	29